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Other Expense
9 Months Ended
Jun. 27, 2015
Other Expense [Abstract]  
Other Income and Other Expense Disclosure [Text Block]
Other Expense

There were no amounts recorded in other expense for the quarters ended June 27, 2015 and June 28, 2014 and for the nine-month period ended June 27, 2015. Other expense for the nine-month period ended June 28, 2014 is as follows:
 
Nine Months Ended
 
June 28,
2014
Venezuelan foreign currency translation loss
$
(143
)
Gain on sale of property and other
112

Other expense, net
$
(31
)


Venezuelan foreign currency loss
The Company has operations in Venezuela, including film and television distribution and merchandise licensing and has net monetary assets denominated in Venezuelan bolivares (BsF), which primarily consist of cash. The Venezuelan government (Government) has foreign currency exchange controls, which centralize the purchase and sale of all foreign currency at an official rate determined by the Government, currently 6.3 BsF per U.S. dollar. Although the Company has generally been unable to repatriate its cash at the official rate, we translated our net monetary assets at the official rate through December 28, 2013. In January 2014, the Government announced that currency arising from certain transactions could be exchanged at an alternative rate (SICAD 1), which fluctuated based on Government-run auctions. The ability to convert currency in the SICAD 1 market was dependent on market factors and Government discretion. In March 2014, the Government launched a new currency exchange market (SICAD 2), which allowed entities to submit a daily application to exchange foreign currency with financial institutions that are registered with the Venezuelan central bank. Foreign currency exchange rates under SICAD 2 fluctuated daily. The ability to convert in the SICAD 2 market was also dependent on market factors, including the availability of U.S. dollars. Although a small portion of the Company's cash may have been eligible to be exchanged at SICAD 1, the majority was only eligible for exchange at SICAD 2. Accordingly, the Company began translating its BsF denominated net monetary assets at the SICAD 2 rate resulting in a loss of $143 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2014 based on the SICAD 2 rate, which was 50.9 BsF per U.S. dollar at March 29, 2014.
In February 2015, the Government combined the SICAD 1 and SICAD 2 exchange mechanisms (SICAD) and introduced another exchange mechanism, SIMADI. The SIMADI exchange mechanism allows for trading BsF at prices set by the market. The Company does not believe it can successfully convert currency at the SICAD rate and therefore, in the second quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company began translating its BsF denominated net monetary assets at the SIMADI rate resulting in an immaterial loss included in "Costs and expenses" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The SIMADI rate on June 27, 2015 was 199.9 BsF per U.S. dollar and the Company had net monetary assets of approximately 2.2 billion BsF.

Other
In fiscal year 2014, the Company recognized $83 million of gains primarily due to the sale of a property and $29 million for a portion of a settlement of an affiliate contract dispute.